By: Ayodele Priscilla Image Credit: Colourbox Once, my sister and I went to the market with our little brother, to buy him some things. After selecting some pairs of boxers and pants at a particular shop, I was about to pay when the shop owner faced my brother and asked why he’s allowing women to […]
By: Solomon Idowu Image Credit: Stephen Whitehead Having written an article on the “negative” tenets of masculinity in the first article released by this publication, I have had instances where that stance has been challenged, critiqued and ultimately laid bare. This has been done through reading, informing myself, listening to others speak and a deep retrospection/introspection
The BWB NG Team at the Loyola College Outreach (Image by Ray’s Photgraphy) It’s often said that it’s through deeds that you put any one person to the test. If deeds were absent, there would be no laid down parameters to judge the level of truthfulness of any claimed ability or capability. The absence of
By: Habeeb Abdul Image credit: BMAN This year, 2021, will mark the fourth year since the celebration of the Boy Child began. To individuals across sociocultural spheres, an International Day of the Boy Child may appear another cross-continental oddity. To others, its observation is a cause to sigh in deep relief. But this will likely
By: Adefokun Jucal Image Credit: Dreamstime.com First, it would be helpful to define what the term “male privilege” is. In layman’s terms, male privilege is simply the perceived idea that men have greater access to social, economic, and political advantages or rights based on their sex. Granted, women as people go through challenges. Still, the concept
By: IyanuOluwa Fagbiye Image credit: Shutterstock Culture, from an anthropological lens, is dynamic; not static but ever changing. This change could only occur through contact with another culture. Hence, making cultural traits embedded in various cultures is a major element of culture comparison. Culture, as defined by the renowned anthropologist, Edward Burnett Tylor, is that
By: Olamilekan Mashika Image Credit: Business Day NG One of the questions that brought about this piece is how society reacts to harassment. And when it happens, how it sides with the victim and condemns the perpetrators. The irony in this is its double-edged nature. The same society sometimes sides with the perpetrators and shames
By; Amifel Eribo Image Credit: www.cherwell.org “Oh Folakemi, look how big you are now! How old are you?” “13, Ma” “Ah, you must be very careful now o!” “You must not let any boy touch you” “You must always keep clean” “You must always dress decently” “You must… you must….” There’s no doubt that every
By: Omotooyosi Olaoye Image Credit: Daily Monitor Initially, I wanted to make the topic of this write up a question; “Is the Boy-child being neglected?”, but I changed my mind, because I know for a fact that the boychild is being neglected, and it was just right that I spell it out. I recently made
By: Theophilus Femi Alawonde Photo Credit: A boy washing his clothes (Image Credit: www.dreamstime.com) When I was very much younger, one of the things that my mum used to pride herself in was that she had no bias for her boys when it came to house chores. She would say this every opportunity she got —
Over the years, issues surrounding the boy-child and his development have not been given enough attention as required, thereby causing the areas essential for his growth to be treated with levity.
